Open-front stove



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` OPEN FRONT STOVE.

No. 389,612. 'Patented sept. 18, 1888.

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No. 389,612. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HENRY TERSTEGGE AND ROMANUS H. GOHMANN, OF NEW ALBANY, INDTANA.

OPEN-FRONT STOVE.

SPEIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389.612, dated September 18, 1888.

Appication filed October 14, 1887. Serial No. 252,291. (No model.)

scription of the invention, which will enableV others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in open'stoves; and it consists in the novel construction of a swinging hearth-fender, footrail, check-damper, and other parts, as hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a front elevation of the stove with the blower, check-damper, and side doors in closed position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe lower portion of the stove, showing it fully opened and exposing the grate. Fig.'3 is a side and half-plan view of the lower portion of the stove, looking fr'om the right. Fig. 4 is a front elevation corresponding to Fig. 2 and showing the hearth-fender and its attachments swung partly open. Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the side doors or wings. Fig. 6 is a detail of the foot-rail. Fig. 7 is a detail of the checkdamper, shown in full lines as when raised and in dotted lines as when lowered on the hearth-fender. Fig. 8 is abottom view of the hearth-fender, looking from the front,with the rail removed. Fig. 9 is a bottom view of a section of the hearth fender, showing 'the curved notches in which the check-damper is supported.

In the drawings, A represents the blower, which is supported by balance-weights inside and adapted to slide vertically and be held in any desired position, as now common in this classvof stoves.

\ B isa swinging hearth-fender provided with a stud, b, at its left-hand inner corner,on which it pivots and swings to and from the stove. This fender is shaped as seen in Figs.' l,

- 2, 3, 4, and 8, with its front and side faces,

b b2, inclined inwardly and downwardly to 5o suchl an extent that coal, cinders, and the like that may fall thereon will not ordinarily rest on said fender, but roll or slide into the ash-pan beneath. This peculiarity of construction is heightened and enlarged by the foot-rail C, which' is sprung upon the outer edge of the hearth-fender, and has lugs c engaging openings b3 on said plate to more securely fasten the said rail thereon. rlhe inclined inner facing of the foot-rail is iiush with the inclined surface b' b2 of the hearth-fender, which materially widens and deepens the receptacle for coal and ashes and renders it impossible for live coal that may drop from the grate to fall upon the floor. rlhe foot-rail is thus made to serve a double purpose, and the pit in the hearth-fender' is so materially eX tended thereby that all danger from an opengratere is practically removed. A slight groove, b4, is formed along the edge of the hearth-fender, in which the slightly-beveled edge of the foot-rail rests, and this with the lugs on said rail and the corresponding openings in the hearth-fender into which the lugs are sprung makes the foot-rail self-mounting and avoids the necessity of bolts, screws, or other separate means of fastening.

Dis a'check-damper, attached to the hearthfenderby arms cl,which ,rest in notches bi on the under side of the hearthfender, a handle, d', at one side, extending outside of the hearthfender, serving to control the position of said check-damper. Thisdamper,like thefoot-rail, is self mounting, and requires no bolts or other eXtra means to hold itin position. When the hearth-fender is in position for use and the check-damper is raised, it turns in'its bearings and rests on the base-plate of the stove. When the hearth-fender is swung open, the checkdamper is first lowered into the depression b, formed in the hearth-fender for that purpose. It cannot than be displaced or removed Without raising it suiiciently to release its arms from the notches b5', and removal can only occur when the hearth-fender is open.

The cheek-damper D is designed to close the lower front part of the stove, thereby checking the draft, and also preventing lire and ashes from falling anywhere except in the ash-pan; but it also can be used to throw oif into the ash-pan any ashes or cinders that may accumulate on its surface when it is down.

It will be observed that the grate stands lOO out some distance from the front of the stove. This exposes the sides of the grate, as at F, to the outer air and renders necessary means to close the same. For this purpose we employ side doors, G, which slide in grooves g on the base-plate and through vertical slots or openings g in the front plate of the stove. The side doors and the cheek-dampers make close connection at their meeting edges, and thus together serve to effectually cut off the draft and close the lower part of the stove. When the check-damper is down on the hearth-fender, the entire fender, with the foot-rail, can be swung out of the way for the purpose of taking out the ash-pan, which is then within reach, and there are no loose pieces whatever about the structure, as there usually are about open stoves, most of them havinga loose piece with a handle, which is removed and placed ou the floor, and when hot isliable to burn the hands and the carpet or floor as well.

fe do not wish to eonne ourselves to the exact details herein described as connected with the several parts of the invention, as obviously there might be mechanical changes made in the structn re without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that we have in addition to the usual hearth or bottoni of the stove a supplemental hearth in our swinging hearthfender-that is to say, the swinging fender, while it serves all the purposes of an extended hearth or stove-bottom,performs the new and valuable function of a perfect fender for the stove, thus making an open-grate fire in a stove absolutely safe and allowing nothing whatever to come from the fire and reach the hoor, the fender by the peculiarity of its construction preventing such escape and the accidents and losses liable to flow therefrom.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a stove having a grate, a swinging hearth-fender and a checkdamper pivotally connected with said hearthfender and constructed to be turned up in front of the grate, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a stove having a grate, a horizontally-swinging hearth-fender, and a check-damper attached thereto along its inner edge on pivots with handle to operate same at one end, whereby the said checkdamper may swing away from the stove with the hearth-fender and be operated substantially as set forth.

3. In a stove, a swinging hearth-fender having inwardly and downwardly inclined sides, in combination with a foot-rail secured upon the edge thereof fiush with its surface, forming a heartl1fender, substantially as set forth.

4. In a stove, a swinging hearth-fender having inwardly and downwardly inclined sides, in combination with a foot-rail sprung upon the said fender and having its inner face inclined to correspond to the inclined surface thereof, forming a hearth fender, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with a stove, a swinging hearth-fender and a cheek-damper and footrail attached to said fender and swinging therewith, substantially as set forth.

6. A stove havinga projecting grate,in conibination with side doors to close the ends of the grate and a swinging hearth-fender having the cheek-damper attached thereto and adapted to be raised and to close the front ol' the grate, substantially as set forth.

7. Iu a stove provided with a grate, a draftplate pivoted to be raised and close the front of the grate and sliding doors to close the ends of the saine, substantially as set forth.

S. In a stove provided with a grate,a hearthplate with foot-rail attacl1ed,forininga hearthfender, and said hearth-fender provided with a check-damper pivoted to be raised to close the front of the grate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof witness our han ds this 6th day of October, 1887.

HENRY TERSTEGGE. ROMANUS H. GOHMANN.

Witnesses:

J. BRUNs, H. KNIRIHM. 

